The Grasshopper and the Ants (1934)

US:: NR Animation

As in the classic fable, the grasshopper plays his fiddle and lives for the moment, while the industrious ants squirrel away massive amounts of food for the winter. With his song, he's able to convince at least one small ant until the queen arrives and scares him back to work. The queen warns the grasshopper of the trouble he'll be in, come winter. Winter comes, and the grasshopper, near starvation, stumbles across the ants, who are having a full-on feast in their snug little tree. They take him in and warm him up. The queen tells him only those who work can eat so he must play for them. Written by Jon Reeves

Updated May 22 2020

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1934-02-10

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FACTS

Runtime: 8 mins Budget: $22,120 Rating: 6.6

Cast

Pinto Colvig

Grasshopper

Crew

Walt Disney

Producer

Leigh Harline

Original Music Composer

Art Babbitt

Animation

Ben Sharpsteen

Animation

William Roberts

Animation

Hamilton Luske

Animation

Wilfred Jackson

Director

William Cottrell

Writer